An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

God shuts them judicially, and blinds them with light. The Apostle quoting this text, Acts 28. 27, expounds it so, Their eyes, have they closed, least they should see; for this, God closed them that they could not see. Paul was preaching, and he preached Christ the true light, The Sun of righteousness: Behold the misery spoken of in this text, They met with darkness in the day time. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light. Why love they darkness? Because they see not the light: And because they see not the light, therefore they cannot love it. It is impossible to see the light, the beautiful face of the truth, as it is revealed in Christ, and not to love it. A Heathen said, if virtue (much more if Gospel truth) were seen, every eye would be taken, and every heart led captive by it. A great part of the world hath not this light to see, and the greatest part of those, who have this light, see it not. They must needs meet with darkness, who are darkness, in the day-time. And they must grope at noon day, as in the night, who are night. If men hear the law and the testimony, and neither speak nor do according to that word, it is (as the Prophet gives the reason) because there is no light in them; or as the Hebrew, No Morning in them, Isa. 8. 20. Till the day star arises in our hearts, the day before our eyes, is night.

God shuts them judicially, and blinds them with light. The Apostle quoting this text, Acts 28. 27, expounds it so, Their eyes, have they closed, least they should see; for this, God closed them that they could not see. Paul was preaching, and he preached Christ the true light, The Sun of righteousnesse: Behold the misery spoken of in this text, They met with darknes in the day time. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darknes rather than light. Why love they darknesse? Because they see not the light: And because they see not the light, therefore they cannot love it. It is impossible to see the light, the beautifull face of the truth, as it is revealed in Christ, and not to love it. A Heathen said, if vertue (much more if Gospell truth) were seen, every eye would be taken, and every heart led captive by it. A great part of the world hath not this light to see, and the greatest part of those, who have this light, see it not. They must needs meet with darknesse, who are darknesse, in the day-time. And they must grope at noon day, as in the night, who are night. If men heare the law and the testimony, and neither speake nor doe according to that word, it is (as the Prophet gives the reason) because there is no light in them; or as the Hebrew, No Morning in them,